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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1925
Page
4
The writer prefers loans from established money lending firms over friends relatives or employers and would pay a reasonable rate. They would avoid borrowing from informal sources or indorsers and seek a business that is long established in the community.
Household Finance and Capitol Loan advertise loan services while notices list various consignments, freight movements, and a mortgage default. The notice set includes a public sale on December 10 1925 for a car and other items to cover unpaid balances and repair bills.
A city commission debates bus versus streetcar expansion on Guilford and Central Avenues. Officials cite tax payments and petition manipulation as factors in route approvals while predicting increasing bus fare filings as the state ponders highway based private use.
This passage explains sound as vibrations in air, how air transmits sound, and differences from light and heat. It describes wave motion, speed of sound in air and water, attenuation with distance, and how devices like megaphones alter perceived volume. Doppler effect explains pitch change as objects move.
Indiana Secretary of State Frederick E. Schortemeier announced bids for manufacturing white on black license plates for 1927. Bids are due between noon today and noon December 15. The contract, worth about 90 thousand dollars, covers 600000 passenger plates, 90000 truck plates, 1000 bus plates, 6000 motorcycle, 4000 trailer, 2500 dealer and semi-trailer and tractor plates as needed, with bids also sought for permanent plates.
Willie Wilson of 2927 Columbia Ave. was charged with stealing a bike and a watch and sentenced to ninety days in jail and a ten dollar fine. R. Duke of 5283 Washburn St. fined one dollar plus costs and Norton Burley city was fined five dollars plus costs for speeding.
John Cable of 1455 N Senate Ave was released on a chilly day from the Indiana State Farm without a coat. He was ordered back to the Farm by Special Judge John W Kern for a sixty day term, after taking an overcoat belonging to Fred Currence of 618 Roanoke St.
Jules J. Kiplinger, 22, Rushville Indiana, brought to Methodist Hospital after a critical incident, was reported in good condition. His father, Rushville city attorney John J. Kiplinger, attributes his illness to stomach poisoning and refutes reports of an attempted suicide.
Two women were injured when hit by autos late Tuesday and today police said. Mrs A J Ammon 40 of 2138 N Delaware St walked into the street and was struck by a car driven by A L Pherson 3970 Winthrop Ave She was taken to St Vincent s Hospital with back injuries and Pherson was charged with assault and battery. Eugene Barkley 605 N Bradley Ave was charged with assault and battery after his auto struck Miss Mildred Toombs 38 of 3217 Park Ave at Twenty Second St and Central Ave She was injured about the body.
Dr. C L Rudesill warned against handling diseased rabbits at the Indianapolis Medical Society gathering in the Athenaeum. He discussed tularemia, new to science, noting two Indiana cases. Dr W P Blair of Washington University will speak December 8 on race plastic surgery. Annual election set for January 5.
Funeral services for J B Harding 60 of 339 E North St Apt 39 Indiana Bell Telephone collector will be at 2 p m Thursday at the residence. Business associates will be pallbearers. He died Monday at St Francis Hospital after an operation. In eighteen years he served in various capacities for the telephone company. The widow and one son survive. He was a member of Hoosier Chapter Telephone Pioneers of America.
Times Special reports a rare tropical gale in Southern Florida reaching 52 mph early Tuesday, causing five deaths and many injuries. The storm struck without warnings, followed by a cold spell. The system, unusual for December, travels up the Atlantic.
The report describes Shortridge High School in Indianapolis as severely overcrowded with 2,570 to 2,800 students expected, forcing some classes to drop subjects. Ventilating and dining facilities are improvised in basement spaces while arts and gym areas occupy cramped cells, benches, and furnace rooms amid crowded corridors.
Senator Smith W. Brookhart accused the Iowa State Republican committee of czarist attempts to overthrow the constitution in a demurrer filed with the Senate elections committee. The dispute centers on Brookhart declaring himself a Republican under oath while the committee says he joined the La Follette faction.
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